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  • Non-linear particle acceler...
    Amato, E.; Blasi, P.

    Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 09/2006, Letnik: 371, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    Particle acceleration at astrophysical shocks may be very efficient if magnetic scattering is self-generated by the same particles. This non-linear process adds to the non-linear modification of the shock due to the dynamical reaction of the accelerated particles on the shock. Building on a previous general solution of the problem of particle acceleration with arbitrary diffusion coefficients, we present here the first semi-analytical calculation of particle acceleration with both effects taken into account at the same time; charged particles are accelerated in the background of Alfvén waves that they generate due to the streaming instability, and modify the dynamics of the plasma in the shock vicinity.